U.S. Says Chinese Agents Tried to Sink Congress Candidate
- Three of five people taken into custody after U.S. indictments
- Congressional candidate from New York among those targeted
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The Justice Department charged five people for acting on China’s behalf to stalk, harass and spy on U.S. residents who have been critical of the country, including a former Tiananmen Square protester who is running for a congressional seat from New York.
“In one of these schemes, the co-conspirators allegedly orchestrated a campaign to undermine the U.S. congressional candidacy of a U.S. military veteran who was a leader of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing,” the department said in a statement Wednesday.